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I came to the DRCS with my brothers Hugo and
Harry and my sister Laila. We were dumped at the Waterfront Resort in Bophut
without our mother, so Sandra, one of the volunteer helpers, picked us up
and brought us to Brigitte's house. We like it here very much, the food is
very good and there are a lot of friends to play with. Ever since I am a
girl I am more quiet than my brother Harry and of course more ladylike.

Karin from Heidelberg in
Germany is looking after me now. Thank you very much!

HARRY (male)

I came to the DRCS with my brother Hugo and my two
sisters Zora and Laila. We were dumped at the Waterfront Resort in Bophut
without our mother, so Sandra, one of the volunteer helpers, picked us up
and brought us to Brigitte's house. We like it here very much, the food is
very good and there are a lot of friends to play with. We are healthy and
strong, and I am the cheekiest of the bunch.

Very good news: I have found a new home on
Koh Samui.

While I was living at the shelter, Joanna from Auckland in New
Zealand was looking after me. Thank you very much!

KIMI (male)

Great news: I found a
new home on Koh Samui.

While I was living at the DRCS, Romy and Fred from
Wöllstadt in Germany were looking after me. Thank you very much!

ALONSO (male)

I was living at the temple for
quite a while when the dog catchers from DRCS appeared. At the beginning, I
was a little suspicious, because there are not many people feeding us
chicken wings. But these were only meant to lull us into a false sense of
security since we were not able to run away from the helpers after we had
eaten the chicken. I tried to run away but my legs wouldn't move and faster
than I knew I sat in a cage. I was very tired and fell asleep. I woke up in
a single box (that's how they call the big tiled prison cells. The next day
they gave me an injection and when I woke up again I was still sitting in
this cell. When I had a look at myself I was shocked to learn that I had
been neutered. Without asking me! After a week I was released from prison
but I was still very skinny why they wouldn't bring me back to the temple
with my colleagues. I have lived at the shelter for quite a while and since
I am still a little skinny I might stay here forever. But I did not give up
hope for a new owner because I am a very nice affectionate dog. I jump up on
every visitor and hope to find a new home this way someday.

Great news: I found a new home on Koh
Samui.

While I was living at the DRCS, Pearl and Ken from Keri Keri in New Zealand
were looking after me. Thank you very much!

HEIDI SONG (female)

I was found abandoned under a house. The owner heard me mewing in the middle
of the night and came out in his pyjamas and slippers and found me. I was
hungry and thirsty so he fed me and looked after me. He would have kept me
but his resident cat (a big monster) just regarded me as his next meal;
hence my admission to the shelter. The good news here is that none of the
other cats want to eat me as there is plenty of food to go around.

Unfortunately Heidi Song ran away. We miss her very much.

During her time at the shelter, Yvonne from Munich in Germany was looking
after her. Thank you very much!

MELLY
(female)

When I was 3 months old I was brought to
Brigitte's
house by Keum, a volunteer helper. Keum was at the beach when she saw a
young boy who was carrying me in his arms. Unfortunately, he was holding me a
little bit too tight so I was screaming all the time. The boy obviously
didn´t know what to do with me and was very grateful when Keum offered to
take care of me. Well, now I am here and think it's great. Brigitte has a
lot of good food for me and enough water. But you know what's best: Nobody
just grabs me since there are a lot of other cats who are carried around and
who are great pals.

Kerstin from Stockholm
in Sweden is now looking after me. Thank you very much!

NURIA (female)

I didn't have an owner and was wandering around Ban Rak checking out the
other dogs there. I found a few nice doggie friends and I used to play with
them (and steal their food). After a few days, my friends' owner let me stay
with her and all seemed well. Then the landlord came to visit. He said that
there were too many dogs: three were OK but not four. My new owner argued
and argued but to no avail so now I am here at the shelter. I've had an
operation so I can't have any puppies and I'm given lots of food and water.
I make sure that I play with all the volunteers and visitors when they come
into the compound.

Good news: I found a home on Koh Samui.

While I was living at the shelter, Leena
from Oskarshamn in Sweden was looking after me. Thank you very much!

BARICHELLO (male)

I'm just a wanderer. I used to wander around Lamai but the stallholders at
the market didn't like me and chased me on. I moved to another patch but,
again, the shop owners didn't like me and chased me away. I then wandered
into the garden of a tourist who immediately fell in love with me (not
difficult as I am a handsome dude). She looked after me (or rather I looked
after her) for a few weeks until she had to go home. She couldn't leave me
to wander the streets and market of Lamai any more so brought me to dog
rescue where I now stay. I'm happy here as I'm not frightened away by nasty
humans.

Great news: I found a new home on Koh Samui.

While I was living at the
shelter, Paula from
Tampere in Finland was looking after me. Thank you very much!

LUCY (female)

I was found
wandering on the busy road in Lamai. I had become disorientated and didn't
know where I was. Several cars tried to run over me but I managed
to survive. I was picked up
by one
of the Thai workers at the shelter when he was on the way to work. I thought
I'd have to stay here for ever but...

Surprise, surprise: One day my owner
turned up at the shelter and took me home. Of course, I was very happy.

While I was at the shelter Nevis from Switzerland was looking after
me. Thank you very much!

SANG SOM (male)

I was brought into the shelter as my owner had become too old and frail to
look after me. My owner was going to live with his family and they didn't
want me. Nobody in the area would look after me so I was brought here. When
Brigitte asked why I was called Sang Som, she was told it was because that
was the name of my owner's favourite drink!

Ruth from Effrikon in Switzerland
is now looking after me. Thank you very much!

CANDY
(female)

I live at the DRCS since 2003,
at that time the shelter at Ban Taling Ngam didn't even exist. After a car
accident some nice tourists brought me to Brigitte's house. One of my back
legs was broken and since we are in Thailand, they could treat my leg only
by keeping it still. Unfortunately, complicated operations are still not
possible in Thailand. Therefore, Brigitte gave me pain killers and a lot of
good food. After a while my leg healed and I only limp a little bit. When
the shelter in Ban Taling Ngam was completed I moved there with many of my
doggie friends. We settled in very well and play all day together. We have
the biggest compound of the shelter. You wouldn't believe how you can run
there.

Nevis from Switzerland is
looking after me now. Thank you very much!

SPIKE
(male)

Emma, one of the
volunteer helpers brought me to Brigitte. She found me on Koh Phangan where
nobody wanted me. I had mange and therefore smelled really bad. So, me and
Emma took the ferry to Samui. That was cool! Now I am in the big shelter and
I am very happy. I like it very much because I have many friends to play
with.

After a
while I found it too boring in the shelter and I ran away.

While I was
living at the DRCS, Emma from
Ashammar in Sweden
was looking after me.Thank you very much!

DANNY
(female)

I have caused great
debate at the shelter as every member of staff has a different version of my
origins, e.g. picked up in Lamai, brought in by a tourist, abandoned by my
owner. I don't care where they think I came from as I'm happy here just
eating and sleeping.

Hurrah, I found a new home on
Koh Samui.

While I was at the shelter Jannet from Albertslund in Denmark
was looking after me. Thank you very much!

ROBBY (male)

Robby found a new home in Germany.

During his time at the shelter, Nicole from Zurich in Switzerland was
looking after him. Thank you very much!

CONNY (female)

Julie and Mark are now looking after me. Thank you very much!

Unfortunately Conny ran away. We miss her very much.

MONTANA (female)

As I've always been a pretty independent cat, I know
decided to live my life on my own paws again.

During my time at the shelter, Sabine from Germany were looking after me. Thank you very much.

HIPPY (male)

I was living
in my owner but became ‘detached’ from her one day when she became ill and
had to be taken to the hospital. Nobody thought about looking after me! I
was getting really hungry and started to steal food from the neighbors'’
bins. Someone spotted me and recognized me and tried to catch me. That
proved difficult but eventually I let myself be caught. I was brought to
the dog shelter as my owner is too ill to look after me any more.

Good news: I have found a
new home on Koh Samui.

While I was living in the shelter the
Clayton Family from UK was looking after me. Thank
you very much.